Top Names of 1968
The most popular names recorded in 1968 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 5,092 |
| 2 | Johanna | 4,246 |
| 3 | Monique | 2,564 |
| 4 | Anna | 1,848 |
| 5 | Elisabeth | 1,828 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 1,717 |
| 7 | Catharina | 1,589 |
| 8 | Esther | 1,487 |
| 9 | Ingrid | 1,445 |
| 10 | Jolanda | 1,443 |
| 11 | Sandra | 1,388 |
| 12 | Yvonne | 1,376 |
| 13 | Petronella | 1,374 |
| 14 | Wilhelmina | 1,346 |
| 15 | Jacqueline | 1,221 |
| 16 | Adriana | 1,162 |
| 17 | Karin | 1,057 |
| 18 | Petra | 1,046 |
| 19 | Hendrika | 1,030 |
| 20 | Angelique | 1,017 |
| 21 | Astrid | 1,001 |
| 22 | Sylvia | 883 |
| 23 | Anita | 774 |
| 24 | Margaretha | 771 |
| 25 | Bianca | 750 |
| 26 | Nicole | 746 |
| 27 | Helena | 711 |
| 28 | Miranda | 706 |
| 29 | Patricia | 704 |
| 30 | Linda | 700 |
| 31 | Saskia | 651 |
| 32 | Diana | 631 |
| 33 | Jacoba | 625 |
| 34 | Alexandra | 616 |
| 35 | Mirjam | 572 |
| 36 | Christina | 558 |
| 37 | Ellen | 541 |
| 38 | Judith | 516 |
| 39 | Geertruida | 496 |
| 40 | Claudia | 481 |
| 41 | Marianne | 478 |
| 42 | Caroline | 477 |
| 43 | Antonia | 473 |
| 44 | Elizabeth | 459 |
| 45 | Brigitte | 455 |
| 46 | Henriëtte | 443 |
| 47 | Simone | 436 |
| 48 | Irene | 431 |
| 49 | Nancy | 407 |
| 50 | Daniëlle | 400 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 5,737 |
| 2 | Jan | 3,366 |
| 3 | Robert | 2,327 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,262 |
| 5 | Cornelis | 2,208 |
| 6 | Marcel | 2,126 |
| 7 | Peter | 1,981 |
| 8 | Richard | 1,929 |
| 9 | Ronald | 1,843 |
| 10 | Petrus | 1,781 |
| 11 | Willem | 1,748 |
| 12 | René | 1,510 |
| 13 | Franciscus | 1,458 |
| 14 | Pieter | 1,390 |
| 15 | Gerrit | 1,344 |
| 16 | Edwin | 1,330 |
| 17 | Adrianus | 1,239 |
| 18 | Wilhelmus | 1,201 |
| 19 | Marco | 1,197 |
| 20 | Patrick | 1,158 |
| 21 | Erik | 1,131 |
| 22 | Antonius | 1,120 |
| 23 | Gerardus | 1,103 |
| 24 | Jacobus | 1,071 |
| 25 | Jeroen | 1,046 |
| 26 | Marinus | 1,040 |
| 27 | Eric | 1,038 |
| 28 | Michel | 1,032 |
| 29 | Johan | 1,008 |
| 30 | Hendrikus | 958 |
| 31 | Martinus | 941 |
| 32 | Robertus | 886 |
| 33 | Michael | 832 |
| 34 | Paul | 824 |
| 35 | Jacob | 810 |
| 36 | Dirk | 790 |
| 37 | Marcus | 789 |
| 38 | Henricus | 743 |
| 39 | Martin | 737 |
| 40 | Erwin | 726 |
| 41 | Alexander | 719 |
| 42 | Frank | 714 |
| 43 | Albert | 695 |
| 44 | Marc | 672 |
| 45 | Mark | 672 |
| 46 | Theodorus | 637 |
| 47 | Paulus | 613 |
| 48 | Raymond | 566 |
| 49 | André | 551 |
| 50 | Nicolaas | 535 |